NileRed - 2014-04-07
In this video, I will be synthesizing p-nitroaniline from acetanilide. This chemical is used mainly as a precursor for a dye, but it can also be used in an interesting reaction with sulfuric acid. Note: My dehydration reaction did not work nearly as nicely as other videos. I just found however, a link explaining how the reaction should be carried out. Here is the link: http://firstyear.chem.usyd.edu.au/demonstrations/files/10.12.pdf It suggests using much more sulfuric acid than I did and to stir the mixture. Footage around 22s is taken from user plasticraincoat1: http://youtu.be/h4pNXAtPJp8 ------------------------------------------------- New merch store (NileRed Pin & Stickers):https://store.dftba.com/collections/nilered NileRed website (Glassware & Beaker Mugs): https://nile.red Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nilered Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nile.red Twitter: https://twitter.com/NileRed2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NileRed2 Discord: https://discord.gg/3BT6UHf
I laughed out loud on the last reaction. Poor little carbon snake got blowed to bits hahaha
*BLOWN
@Edgy Umbreon 1) this comment is 5 years old. I've literally graduated, gotten married, and bought a puppy since I made this. 2) you done did missed the original (5 year old) tong'n'cheek syntax joke, pardner! 🤠
@Noah you actually took the time out of your day to write this I'm surprised
@Edgy Umbreon tis the season my friend
I can't tell if I'm disappointed or surprised
"I did my recrystallization in ANYHYDROUS ethanol..."
Such an elitist.
But 95% is okay... if you're a plebian.
Denatured or undenatured. 95% Ethanol is Everclear (190 proof).
14:35
"A snake was produced, but not as big as the ones I had seen on the internet"
deep inhale
THAT'S
WHAT
SHE
SAID
"Is that a test tube in your pocket, or just happy to see me?"
That wasn't what he said so your quote is not a quote
It would be so totally meta if you made a video on the synthesis and properties of Nile Red, Nile Red :P
+Output Nile red (also known as Nile blue oxazone) is a lipophilic stain. It is produced by boiling a solution of Nile blue with sulfuric acid.
Can you see where this is going?
Nile Blue was the name of his other channel.
It'd be so meta if the acylamino group was a meta director :D
@NileRed update?
Nitro is a meta director, but also deactivator, real hard to make dinitrobenzene even. Trinitrobenzene is made by oxidizing the methyl of TNT. Dinitrobenzene is meta.
Why am I watching this? I was searching on how to make pancakes, when I accidentally wrote "How to make pan" and this came up.
14:00 what do you mean "to run a column"?
@Vladimir Nachev column chromatography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_chromatography) is one of the most common ways used to purify organic compounds
Dude! Your demos are outstanding! And thanks for not dumbing it down!
This is what Demo/tutorial/informative content should truly be. Your knowledge in this field is outstanding. Your explanations so thorough and editing, spot on. It will be interesting to see how the world benefits from you and your skills, in the future. Keep it up and dont forget about us supporters/patreons when you make it big.
Thank you for making all these well made, informative and well edited videos!
I am very grateful you made this available to the resident nerds and information fetishists...
haha, no problem. I am glad you like them!
10:39 Looks smokable
"I try to upload at least one video a week"
Those were the golden days
Videos are better quality now though. I don't mind
07:00 tempting, looks like cheese
0:20 My immune systems effectiveness after I ate 5 Flintstones Gummy Vitamins while dealing with COVID-19
I saw green smoke in thumbnail. I quickly clicked.
I havent the slightest clue about chemistry but i still very much enjoy these videos!
15:16 that happened very quickly. i found this humorous.
10:45 you sound pretty mad lol
I just had an exam on this stuff and this video makes so much more sense than it did when I first watched it.
6:02 whats with the dark stuff at the bottom of the beaker? Whats that?
1:10 Hey I wish I remembered this on my o chem test!
Downside to growing up: I still think for a split second, "I have money now! That looks like an amazing hobby!" Then I immediately slap myself and think, "I'd burn my foot off and laboratory glassware is expensive." Thanks for uploading all this, so I can at least learn more about chemistry and see the reactions from the safety of my monitor.
I have no idea why I'm watching these videos.
15:20 Mr. Hankey!
This was one of two interesting reactions my 7th grade "science" teacher showed me (I'm an Aussie, so this is the first year of high school for us, when the cool stuff starts to get taught) before we found out that the fume hoods in the labs we used vented into the upstairs library airconditioning ducts.
It's one of the images that has stuck with me.
I want to become a chemist just so I can work with p-nitroacetanilide, because I can’t think of a scenario where I’d be able to bring that word up in conversation without being a chemist...
I'd like to see a video comparing the p-nitroaniline plus sulfuric acid reaction with the reaction of sucrose with sulfuric acid.
0:23
(Harry Potter theme intensifies)
"about"
also, (sorry this is an after thought) I"m curious if using Nickle as a catalyst in this particular reaction might enhance the yield?
Please "check my math", so to speak, but it stands to reason that the hydrolysis should occur, far more efficiently in the pressence on nickle metal...what do you think?
Great videos with great in depth explanations of all the reactions! Keep up the good work!
7:00 Honestly, I think it looks more like meringue(s), than scrambled egg(s).
0:20 me when my girlfriend text me that she is home alone
I watched this video while enjoying a glass of ice cold ethanol. Much better use of ice cold ethanol, IMHO.
6:16 Forbidden Ice Cream
Awesome! I really enjoy the explanation! Most videos don't go as in depth, keep this up! Hopefully most of the nurdrage subscribers can find a home here.
Thanks!
so I agree a reaction that ends like your second snake attempt is always satisfying.
You could heat your crude product to ~284°C. At this temperature the impurities will boil away. In the flask only P-Nitroaniline will be remained which boils at about 336°C.
I've watched the recently uploaded videos and I'm hooked. Starting from the beginning. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the post.
Awesome information you have here. You have earned yourself another subscriber.
I would've have performed this reaction under basic condiditions, since the N in Acetanilide gets protonated under those extremely acidic conditions and then directs in meta-position.
7:20 I love the Canadian maple leaf
Great stuff! Subscribed.
6:32 i see someone who hears this part in the background and is like the fuck
i remember these from childhood along with the other fireworks
Very interesting,, please tell us the extent of your education
How about alkaloid extraction ?
6:26 forbidden slushie
Hi! We are going to publish a video on this same reaction Friday and would like to show a small clip of your reaction if you would allow it. Thanks!
+Bunsen Burns Sure no problem!
+Nile Red
So speaking of weird dehydrations that don't work as nicely as other videos... ours caught fire! Reproducible as well not sure what was going on with that. Video is up by the way - thanks!
Yeah, i found that with a lot of reactions, you need to run them several times to get the pretty stuff you see online. Ill check your video out
@Bunsen Burns I just watched it. I like your style. Also, maybe it lit on fire because there was residual solvent?
NitroAnilin Music - 2019-04-27
I feel represented.